I haven't been here for about 5 years (since I had my little boy) but the lure of genealogy is drawing me back in. However, I need your help please, if anyone can.
I remember going to my father's great aunt Alice's 100th birthday party in the mid- to late- 1970's. My father died a few years ago so I can't ask him but I have asked all of the surviving members of the family who mostly say that they remember her but don't know who she was. My aunt, the keeper of the family photos and stories, says she was was my great grandmother's (my father's mother's mother's) step-sister but she doesn't know any more. Now I have my great grandmother in my tree, her name was Mary Ann Elizabeth Williams, she was born around 1887 in St George in the East, London and married my ggf, Alfred Gibbons, at Bermondsey, London in 1905. On the marriage certificate it says that her father was named Edward and he was deceased. I remember struggling to find out more about her and her family before she married Alfred and I have no idea how to find out who Alice was.
Except, I can't help thinking that living to 100 is quite rare (although I am aware that it is not that rare) so can anyone think of anyway I can find her without tracing Edward, who seems very elusive? She definitely lived in London, probably Bermondsey or the surrounding area. I am stumped!
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
I remember going to my father's great aunt Alice's 100th birthday party in the mid- to late- 1970's. My father died a few years ago so I can't ask him but I have asked all of the surviving members of the family who mostly say that they remember her but don't know who she was. My aunt, the keeper of the family photos and stories, says she was was my great grandmother's (my father's mother's mother's) step-sister but she doesn't know any more. Now I have my great grandmother in my tree, her name was Mary Ann Elizabeth Williams, she was born around 1887 in St George in the East, London and married my ggf, Alfred Gibbons, at Bermondsey, London in 1905. On the marriage certificate it says that her father was named Edward and he was deceased. I remember struggling to find out more about her and her family before she married Alfred and I have no idea how to find out who Alice was.
Except, I can't help thinking that living to 100 is quite rare (although I am aware that it is not that rare) so can anyone think of anyway I can find her without tracing Edward, who seems very elusive? She definitely lived in London, probably Bermondsey or the surrounding area. I am stumped!
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
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